Planar Metamaterial for Matched Waveguide Termination

We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a novel matched waveguide termination based on planar artificial metamaterial. This matched termination is realized by recent developed planar metamaterial absorber, which can be designed to near-completely absorb the propagating electromagnetic energy at the edge of a shorted rectangular waveguide. Theoretical discussions, numerical simulations and microwave experiments are employed to illustrate the matched characteristics of the proposed waveguide termination. As an example, a matched waveguide termination with standing wave ratio of 1.23 is experimentally demonstrated at microwave frequency. Our result yields a promising approach to design of novel waveguide terminations by techniques of metamaterials.